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<p>The book of Revelation is resoundingly theocentric and intensively monotheistic from first to last. The presence and person of God the Father permeates and punctuates the vision at every turn as the central character orchestrating all things according to his purposes. This theocentric character of the Apocalypse, however, is often overshadowed by its extremely pronounced Christology. One possible reason is because John does not consign Christology to a separate category of theology. But from the very outset God is unambiguously identified as the ultimate sovereign ruler of the universe. Revelation attributes a functional distinction between Father and Son, but they equally receive worship and are ascribed as worthy of worship.</p>
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The book of Revelation is resoundingly theocentric and intensively monotheistic from first to last. The presence and person of God the Father permeates and punctuates the vision at every turn as the central character orchestrating all things according to his purposes. This theocentric character of the Apocalypse, however, is often overshadowed by its extremely pronounced Christology. One possible reason is because John does not consign Christology to a separate category of theology. But from the very outset God is unambiguously identified as the ultimate sovereign ruler of the universe. Revelation attributes a functional distinction between Father and Son, but they equally receive worship and are ascribed as worthy of worship.

God in John’s Apocalypse

Perichoresis

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The book of Revelation is resoundingly theocentric and intensively monotheistic from first to last. The presence and person of God the Father permeates and...

God in John’s Apocalypse

Published Online: Jun 07, 2024

Page range: 4 - 29

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/perc-2024-0013

Keywords
epithets, epithets, Christology, deity, sovereign ruler

© 2024 Alan Bandy, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

God in John’s Apocalypse

Published Online: Jun 07, 2024

Page range: 4 - 29

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/perc-2024-0013

Keywordsepithets, epithets, Christology, deity, sovereign ruler

© 2024 Alan Bandy, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
epithets, epithets, Christology, deity, sovereign ruler